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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Wrexham County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Wrexham website
23,038 approved · 1,908 refused · 1,471 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Dec 1998 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Received 23 Apr 1999Whitehurst Gate Pentre Chirk
Received 23 Apr 199922 Woodlands Gwersyllt
Received 23 Apr 1999Johnstown Infants School Melydd Road Johnstown
Received 22 Apr 1999Seven Stars Public House Chester Street Wrexham
Received 22 Apr 19993 Queen Street Wrexham
Received 1 Jun 1999Llyndir Cottage Llyndir Lane Rossett
Received 28 May 19995 Salisbury Road Wrexham
Received 4 May 19992 Dean Close Rhosnesni, Wrexham
Received 4 May 1999Argoed Cottage Argoed Lane Overton
Received 30 Apr 1999E.P. Packaging Ltd. Queensway Industrial Estate Queensway
Received 5 May 1999Gresford All Saints Church in Wales Prim School Hill Gresford
Received 12 May 1999Gresford Aided Primary School School Hill Gresford
Received 12 May 199919 Llay New Road Llay
Received 11 May 1999Charles Street Dental Practice Unit 2 Charles Street
Received 5 May 1999Dovedale Woodlands Road Froncysyllte
Received 5 May 1999Part O.S. Plot No. 3500 At Llwyn Mawr Llangollen
Received 5 May 19995 Rackery Hall Mews Rackery Lane Llay
Received 4 May 19995 Rackery Hall Mews Rackery Lane Llay
Received 4 May 19998 Fairoaks Crescent Llay
Received 4 May 199918 Gwernygaseg Road Minera
Received 4 May 1999Hill Farm Off Bridge Street Penycae
Received 4 May 1999Land Adjoining 8 Yorke Close Marchwiel
Received 4 May 1999Bentleys Farm Woodhouse Lane Marchwiel
Received 4 May 1999Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Wrexham County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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